Hebrews 12:2 Cross References - Twentieth_Century

² our eyes fixed upon Jesus, the Leader and perfect Example of our faith, who, for the joy that lay before him, endured the cross, heedless of its shame, and now 'has taken his seat at the right hand' of the throne of God.

²¹ At that time Jesus Christ began to explain to his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem, and undergo much suffering at the hands of the Councillors, and Chief Priests, and Teachers of the Law, and be put to death, and rise on the third day.

¹⁸ "Listen! We are going up to Jerusalem; and there the Son of Man will be betrayed to the Chief Priests and Teachers of the Law, and they will condemn him to death, ¹⁹ And give him up to the Gentiles for them to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify; and on the third day he will rise." ²⁰ Then the mother of Zebediah's sons came to him with her sons, bowing to the ground, and begging a favor.

²⁸ Just as the Son of Man came, not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."

⁶⁷ Then they spat in his face, and struck him, while others dealt blows at him, saying as they did so: ⁶⁸ "Now play the Prophet for us, you Christ! Who was it that struck you?"

²⁷ After that, the Governor's soldiers took Jesus with them into the Government House, and gathered the whole garrison round him. ²⁸ They stripped him, and put on him a red military cloak, ²⁹ And having twisted some thorns into a crown, put it on his head, and a rod in his right hand, and then, going down on their knees before him, they mocked him. "Long life to you, King of the Jews!" they said. ³⁰ They spat at him and, taking the rod, kept striking him on the head; ³¹ And, when they had left off mocking him, they took off the military cloak, and put his own clothes on him, and led him away to be crucified. ³² As they were on their way out, they came upon a man from Cyrene of the name of Simon; and they compelled him to go with them to carry the cross. ³³ On reaching a place named Golgotha (a place named from its likeness to a skull), ³⁴ they gave him some wine to drink which had been mixed with gall; but after tasting it, Jesus refused to drink it. ³⁵ When they had crucified him, they divided his clothes among them by casting lots. ³⁶ Then they sat down, and kept watch over him there. ³⁷ Above his head they fixed the accusation against him written out--'THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.' ³⁸ At the same time two robbers were crucified with him, one on the right, the other on the left. ³⁹ The passers-by railed at him, shaking their heads as they said: ⁴⁰ "You who 'destroy the Temple and build one in three days,' save yourself! If you are God's Son, come down from the cross!" ⁴¹ In the same way the Chief Priests, with the Teaches of the Law and Councillors, said in mockery: ⁴² "He saved others, but he cannot save himself! He is the 'King of Israel'! Let him come down from the cross now, and we will believe in him. ⁴³ He has trusted in God; if God wants him, let him deliver him now; for he said 'I am God's Son.'" ⁴⁴ Even the robbers, who were crucified with him, reviled him in the same way. ⁴⁵ After mid-day a darkness came over all the country, lasting till three in the afternoon. ⁴⁶ And about three Jesus called out loudly: "Eloi, Eloi, lema sabacthani"--that is to say, 'O my God, my God, why has thou forsaken me?' ⁴⁷ Some of those standing by heard this, and said: "The man is calling for Elijah!" ⁴⁸ One of them immediately ran and took a sponge, and, filling it with common wine, put it on the end of a rod, and offered it to him to drink. ⁴⁹ But the rest said: "Wait and let us see if Elijah is coming to save him." [However another man took a spear, and pierced his side; and water and blood flowed from it.] ⁵⁰ But Jesus, uttering another loud cry, gave up his spirit.

¹² "Elijah does indeed come first," answered Jesus, "and re-establish everything; and does not Scripture speak, with regard to the Son of Man, of his undergoing much suffering and being utterly despised?

²⁴ The boy's father immediately cried out: "I have faith; help my want of faith!"

³⁶ "Abba, Father," he said, "all things are possible to thee; take away this cup from me; yet, not what I will, but what thou willest."

⁵ "Give us more faith," said the Apostles to the Master;

¹¹ And Herod, with his soldiers, treated Jesus with scorn; he mocked him by throwing a gorgeous robe round him, and then sent him back to Pilate.

³⁵ Meanwhile the people stood looking on. Even the leading men said with a sneer: "He saved others, let him save himself, if he is God's Christ, his Chosen One." ³⁶ The soldiers, too, came up in mockery, bringing him common wine, ³⁷ And saying as they did so: "If you are the King of the Jews, save yourself." ³⁸ Above him were the words--'THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.' ³⁹ One of the criminals who were hanging beside Jesus railed at him. "Are not you the Christ? Save yourself and us," he said.

²⁶ Was not the Christ bound to undergo this suffering before entering upon his Glory?"

²⁹ The next day John saw Jesus coming towards him, and exclaimed: "Here is the Lamb of God, who is to take away the sin of the world!

⁴⁰ For it is the will of my Father that every one who sees the Son, and believes in him, should have Immortal Life; and I myself will raise him up at the Last Day."

⁵⁶ Your ancestor Abraham rejoiced that he would see my day; and he did see it, and was glad."

²⁴ In truth I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains solitary; but, if it dies, it becomes fruitful.

²⁷ Now I am distressed at heart and what can I say? Father, bring me safe through this hour--yet it was for this very reason that I came to this hour-- ²⁸ Father, honor thine own name." At this there came a voice from Heaven, which said: "I have already honored it, and I will honor it again."

³² And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, shall draw all men to myself."

³ And at supper, Jesus--although knowing that the Father had put everything into his hands, and that he had come from God, and was to return to God--

³¹ When Judas had gone out, Jesus said: "Now the Son of Man has been exalted, and God has been exalted through him; ³² And God will exalt him with himself--yes, he will exalt him forthwith.

¹ After saying this, Jesus raised his eyes heaven-wards, and said: "Father, the hour has come; honor thy Son, that thy Son may honor thee; ² Even as thou gavest him power over all mankind, that he should give Immortal Life to all those whom thou has given him. ³ And the Immortal Life is this--to know thee the one true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou has sent as thy Messenger. ⁴ I have honored thee on earth by completing the work which thou has given me to do;

²⁵ Indeed it was to him that David was referring when he said-- 'I have had the Lord ever before my eyes, For he stands at my right hand, that I should not be disquieted. ²⁶ Therefore my heart was cheered, and my tongue told its delight; Yes, even my body, too, will rest in hope;

³⁶ So let the whole nation of Israel know beyond all doubt, that God has made him both Lord and Christ--this very Jesus whom you crucified."

³¹ It is this Jesus whom God has exalted to his right hand, to be a Guide and a Savior, to give Israel repentance and forgiveness of sins.

⁴¹ But the Apostles left the Council, rejoicing that they had been thought worthy to suffer disgrace for that Name;

⁷ And thus there is no gift in which you are deficient, while waiting for the Appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ. ⁸ And God himself will strengthen you to the end, so that at the Day of our Lord Jesus Christ you may be found blameless.

¹⁶ And when, upon the cross, he had destroyed their mutual enmity, he sought by means of his cross to reconcile them both to God, united in one Body.

² And live a life of love, following the example of the Christ, who loved you and gave himself for you as 'an offering and a sacrifice to God, that should be fragrant and acceptable.'

⁶ For of this I am confident, that he who began a good work in you will complete it in readiness for the Day of Jesus Christ.

⁸ He appeared among us as a man, and still further humbled himself by submitting even to death--to death on a cross! ⁹ And that is why God raised him to the very highest place, and gave him the Name which stands above all other names, ¹⁰ So that in adoration of the Name of Jesus every knee should bend, in Heaven, on earth, and under the earth, ¹¹ And that every tongue should acknowledge JESUS CHRIST as LORD- -to the glory of God the Father.

²⁰ But the State of which we are citizens is in Heaven; and it is from Heaven that we are eagerly looking for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,

⁸ And now the crown of righteousness awaits me, which the Lord, the just Judge, will give me on 'That Day'--and not only to me, but to all who have loved his Appearing.

¹³ while we are awaiting our Blessed Hope--the Appearing in glory of our great God and Savior, Christ Jesus. ¹⁴ For he gave himself on our behalf, to deliver us from all wickedness, and to purify for himself a People who should be peculiarly his own and eager to do good.

³ For he is the radiance of the Glory of God and the very expression of his Being, upholding all creation by the power of his word; and, when he had made an expiation for the sins of men, he 'took his seat at the right hand' of God's Majesty on high,

¹³ To which of the angels has God ever said-- 'Sit thou at my right hand until I put thy enemies as a stool for thy feet'?

⁷ Thou hast made him, for a while, lower than angels; With glory and honour thou hast crowned him; Thou hast set him over all that thy hands have made; ⁸ Thou hast placed all things beneath his feet.' This 'placing of everything' under man means that there was nothing which was not placed under him. As yet, however, we do not see everything placed under man. ⁹ What our eyes do see is Jesus, who was made for a while lower than angels, now, because of his sufferings and death, crowned with glory and honour; so that his tasting the bitterness of death should, in God's loving-kindness, be on behalf of all mankind. ¹⁰ It was, indeed, fitting that God, for whom and through whom all things exist, should, when leading many sons to glory, make the author of their Salvation perfect through suffering.

⁹ and, being made perfect, he became to all those who obey him the source of eternal Salvation,

¹⁹ (for the Law never brought anything to perfection); and, on the other hand, we have the introduction of a better hope, which enables us to draw near to God.

¹ To sum up what I have been saying:--Such is the High Priest that we have, one who 'has taken his seat at the right hand' of the throne of God's Majesty in Heaven,

²⁸ so it is with the Christ. He was offered up once and for all, to 'bear away the sins of many'; and the second time he will appear--but without any burden of sin--to those who are waiting for him, to bring Salvation.

⁵ That is why, when he was coming into the world, the Christ declared-- 'Sacrifice and offering thou dost not desire, but thou dost provide for me a body; ⁶ Thou dost take no pleasure in burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin. ⁷ So I said, "See, I have come' (as is written of me in the pages of the Book), "To do thy will, O God."' ⁸ First come the words-- 'Thou dost not desire, nor dost thou take pleasure in, sacrifices, offerings, burnt offerings, and sacrifices for sin' (offerings regularly made under the Law), ⁹ and then there is added-- 'See, I have come to do thy will.' The former sacrifices are set aside to be replaced by the latter. ¹⁰ And it is in the fulfillment of the will of God that we have been purified by the sacrifice, once and for all, of the body of Jesus Christ. ¹¹ Every other priest stands day after day at his ministrations, and offers the same sacrifices over and over again--sacrifices that can never take sins away. ¹² But, this priest, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins, which should serve for all time, 'took his seat at the right hand of God,'

¹⁴ By a single offering he has made perfect for all time those who are being purified.

³³ Sometimes, in consequence of the taunts and injuries heaped upon you, you became a public spectacle; and sometimes you suffered through having shown yourselves to be the friends of men who were in the very position in which you had been.

³⁶ Others had to face taunts and blows, and even chains and imprisonment.

³ Weigh well the example of him who had to endure such opposition from 'men who were sinning against themselves,' so that you should not grow weary or faint-hearted.

¹³ Therefore let us go out to him 'outside the camp,' bearing the same reproaches as he;

¹¹ as they strove to discern what that time could be, to which the Spirit of Christ within them was pointing, when foretelling the sufferings that would befall Christ, and the glories that would follow.

²³ He was abused, but he did not answer with abuse; he suffered, but he did not threaten; he entrusted himself to him whose judgments are just. ²⁴ And he 'himself carried our sins' in his own body to the cross, so that we might die to our sins, and live for righteousness. 'His bruising was your healing.'

¹⁸ For Christ himself died to atone for sins once for all--the good on behalf of the bad--that he might bring you to God; his body being put to death, but his spirit entering upon new Life.

²² who has gone into Heaven, and is at God's right hand, where Angels and Archangels and the Powers of Heaven now yield submission to him.

¹⁴ If you are reviled for bearing the name of Christ, count yourselves blessed; because the divine Glory and the Spirit of God are resting upon you. ¹⁵ I need hardly say that no one among you must suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or a criminal, or for interfering in matters which do not concern Christians. ¹⁶ But, if a man suffers as a Christian, do not let him be ashamed of it; let him bring honour to God even though he bears that name.

¹ It is of what has been in existence from the Beginning, of what we have heard, of what we have seen with our eyes, of what we watched reverently and touched with our hands--it is about the Word who is the Life that we are now writing. ² That Life was made visible, and we have seen it, and now bear our testimony to it, and tell you of that Immortal Life, which was with the Father and was made visible to us. ³ It is of what we have seen and heard that we now tell you, so that you may have communion with us. And our communion is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ.

²¹ and keep within the love of God, while waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ, to bring you to Immortal Life.

⁸ 'I am the Alpha and the Omega,' says the Lord, the God who is, and who was, and who shall be, the Almighty.

¹¹ It said-- 'Write what you see in a book and send it to the seven Churches, to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamus, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicaea.'

¹⁷ And, when I saw him, I fell at his feet like one dead. He laid his hand on me and said-- 'Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last,

⁸ To the Angel of the Church in Smyrna write:-- "These are the words of him who is the First and the Last, who died, but is restored to life:--